Hello all I'd like to know how prescription for hormones works ? Have you to be seen every time when your almost out ? By a GP or endocrinologist? What if I was in the UK (live in Ireland) and wanted to get my prescription there ? How much do they give you to cover how many weeks / months before you've to return? Thanks in advanced

You need to see a doctor for blood work every time your prescription is updated. Normally you would see an endocrinologist but sometimes other people will write the prescription. In my case, a nurse practitioner writes my prescription. The length of the prescription can be as short as a month when dosages are being adjusted, 3 months is typical and 6 months is used when little monitoring is required. I am on 6 months as I am post surgical but my first appointment this time around was 3 months.

I just made 3 months on hormones and going to do blood work, to see if something needs to be ajusted. If not, and everything is ok, I only need to do blood work in 6 months.

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I get my prescription renewed for a whole year. Blood tests are yearly, sometimes every 6 months but optional.